Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – For changing both the elevation and the posture of...
Patent
1988-09-12
1989-06-13
Echols, P. W.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
For changing both the elevation and the posture of...
198409, 29759, 29749, 29747, B65G 4724
Patent
active
048384070
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a harness-receiving apparatus for a harness-making machine to receive harnesses continuously made by the harness-making machine and fed to the harness-receiving apparatus.
An electrical harness comprising a plurality of electrical wires connected between electrical connectors is utilized for various purposes, and various machines are known which will manufacture the harnesses automatically. For example, a harness-making machine wherein end portions of electrical wires are arranged along a plane, the end portions are terminated to electrical contacts of an electrical connector, the wires are extended via a wire-extending device to a specified length, and another electrical connector is then connected with the other ends of the wires. Such a machine is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 57-19770.
This harness-making machine enables the harnesses to be manufactured automatically and continuously, but problems often arise in the harness-receiving apparatus which receives the completed harnesses that are fed thereto. In a conventional harness-making machine, a box is provided at a position to which the completed harnesses are fed from the machine so as to receive the harnesses. In such a case, the harnesses fed from the machine are randomly piled together when they are deposited into the receiving box thereby becoming entangled with one another. Such a condition creates a problem in the subsequent handling of the harnesses because the wires of the harnesses or the wires and the connectors are tangled together in the receiving box.
In view of the problems of the random arrangement of the harnesses arising in the prior art harness-receiving apparatus, the present invention provides a harness-receiving apparatus which enables the harnesses fed from the harness-making machine to be received and arranged in such a manner that the above-mentioned tangling problems are avoided.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The harness-receiving apparatus present invention comprises a first carrier rail extending in a substantially horizontal plane and carrying harnesses comprising a plurality of electrical wires connected at their respective ends to electrical connectors. The harnesses are fed from the harness-making machine and are carried along the first carrier rail in such a manner that the connectors at one end of the harnesses are retained in engagement with the carrier rail while the connectors at the other end of the harnesses hang downwardly and are suspended by the wires. A second carrier rail extends from the first carrier rail in a downward direction at an oblique angle thereto. The harnesses carried by the first carrier rail are received by the second carrier rail and they move downwardly therealong while still in the suspended condition while being received by a harness-receiving member located directly underneath the second carrier rail.
When the harnesses fed from the harness-making machine are received by the harness-receiving apparatus having the above construction, the harnesses fed from the harness-making machine are carried along the horizontal plane by the first carrier rail and the connectors at the other end of the wires are freely suspended by the wires as a result of their weight. The harnesses are then carried obliquely downward by the second carrier rail, and while the harnesses are carried obliquely downward, the suspended connectors first engage the harness-receiving member positioned below the second carrier rail, and then the harnesses are arranged in an orderly manner on the harness-receiving member so that the wires connected between the two connectors are arranged in the direction in which the harnesses were carried, i.e. they are arranged parallel and untangled.
The invention is described by way of example by reference to the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a harness-making machine provided with a harness-receiving apparatus according to the present inven
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AMP Incorporated
Echols P. W.
Jordon R.
LeRue Adrian J.
Noll William B.
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